Event Manager

An Amazing Career Opportunity for an Event Manager! 

Location: Austin, TX

Job ID: 20634

Do you have industry specific tradeshow experience with a healthy understanding of tradeshow, conference, seminar, and webinar management? Are you ready to step into an integral role within an established, centralized marketing team that has high touch and visibility across the organization? Can you exercise a customer centric mindset in working with both internal colleagues and external customers? If so, we want to hear from you! 

Who are we? 

HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,000 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo 

 
HID’s Marketing Department: 

Our Marketing Department is the face of the organization, promoting our business globally, whilst ensuring regional relevance. Our team comprises many cultures, who operate around the world, with a unified goal of continuing HID’s market leadership position.

As our Event Manager, you’ll support HID’s success by: 

• Managing North America and Latin America trade show and event scheduling.
• Working with resources to produce displays and signage in line with messaging.
• Developing and managing event-related sponsorships and campaigns for optimal brand exposure at appropriate spending levels.
• Working with Marketing Communication Managers to integrate events into multi-touch campaign plans.
• Overseeing lead management and coordinating with sales and marketing peers for lead follow up.
• Managing event related vendors and acting as project lead for new booth creatives.
• Upholding consistent HID branding in accordance with guidelines. 

What we will love about your background: 

• Ability to multi-task and work within strict deadlines and budget, adept at working autonomously in a sometimes chaotic or stressful environment
• Ability to resolve problems without delay and/or to seek managerial intervention
• Commitment to quality, flexible and open-minded 

Your Experience and Education include:        

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Minimum of 3+ years of direct relevant experience in trade show management and event planning  

Who you are as a Team Member:

• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal. 
• Willingness to ‘roll up sleeves’ and dive deep into tactical work when necessary.
• Good interpersonal skills, willingness to learn and continue to grow professionally.
• Strong team player and ability to work well with others.
• You welcome opportunities to incorporate diversity into your work, including valuing different backgrounds, experiences and opinions. You also embrace creating and nurturing a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Why apply? 

• Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
• Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
• Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.

This opportunity may be open to flexible working arrangements.

HID is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation.

We make it easier for people to get where they want to go!
On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something.  HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries.  We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go – without having to think about it.  
 
When you join our HID team, you’ll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You’ll have 52,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences. 

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